(real name Shishido Kunihiro) is a Japanese

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. He has appeared in many television shows, including regular appearances on long-running series such as ''

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,'' the '' Hissatsu'' series and '' Abarenbo Shogun.'' He was also the stunt double for Raizo Ichikawa in all eight "Shinobi no Mono" films from 1963-67. After graduating from

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, he went to work for

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, then Toei, before become a free-lancer in 1970. In 1999 Shishido won the Distinguished Service Award at the Kyoto Film Festivalbr>
Among his film appearances are ''Ninpō Chūshingura'' (from a

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'' (the 1967 Toei film

In addition to working as a stunt double, he led a group of actors who performed the stunts and the ''chanbara'' swordfight scenes in ''jidaigeki'' films. Furthermore, Shishido appeared in a speaking role in an episode of ''Mito Komon.

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